calculus

Example Sentences

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“It seems for Jews that there is a calculus of the lesser of evils,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

A severe shock would flip the calculus toward recession risk entirely.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Mortgage rates ticked higher last week, continuing their march above 6% and potentially complicating the calculus for buyers and sellers at the beginning of a spring season that had been showing green shoots.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

For the owners, however, the calculus on all of this is quite different.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

A Frenchman, not an Englishman, would be remembered for taking the first nibble at the mysterious zeros and infinities that suffused calculus; mathematicians learn of l’Hôpital’s rule when they first learn about calculus.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife